***Update…I realize that sometimes I get very reactionary and just start jotting down stuff without checking my attitude at the door. I need to start adopting the whole “disagree without being disagreeable” motto Mercy is always preaching to me, and in that spirit I’m going to scratch out all the areas where I let the moment take me and made what I can only categorize as inappropriate snide comments against Señor McEnroe. My apologies go out to him. Mind you, I still think we need to get beyond the whole who’s best BS, but I can make that point without attacking anybody.***
Our favorite radio personality is at it again. Apparently the aforementioned Colin McEnroe (no relation to Colin Farrell who he’s always mistaken for) was on his show today trying to stir up the whole Hartford v New Haven thing today. Our buddy over at Mira Hartford speaks a little to it here. I’ll give you my quick take. Continue reading Colin gets NH-envy again…
On Wednesday, December 17, board members of The Knox Foundation, approved a grant to The Salvation Army’s Marshall House in the amount of $2,500 to be used for operation of the temporary shelter for women and children. This is added to the $33,000 already committed by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the (ahem) $1,000 promised by the Hartford City Council at our last meeting, Monday, December 8th.
Continue reading Marshall House funding slowly coming together
For two and a half years I lived on the corner of Capitol and Hudson. A beautiful one bedroom basement apartment in one of the many incredible brownstones on the block. I was working at the time at The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts and had a relatively short commute of about 5 minutes by foot. I was a hop, skip and a jump from Bushnell Park (Monday Night Jazz) and Downtown. I was right off the highway and a 10 minute walk to Park Street for cheap beer and good food. My problem…I owned a car. Continue reading Downtown Parking…
A couple links forwarded to me of some random mentions of la paloma sabanera which remind us what the bigger picture is. The first link here is regarding our 3rd anniversary party (pictured above) and the second is regarding the mural that was painted outside our store in our first summer. Continue reading Random paloma sightings…
Our friend over at Urban Compass has a super duper detailed report on the ULI’s report to Hartford [...]
